• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.50-53
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• 2012

This paper describes experimental study on GM-type pulse tube refrigerator (PTR). In a PTR, the pulse tube is only filled with working gas and there exists secondary flow due to a large temperature difference between cold-end and warm-end. The stability of secondary flow is affected by orientation of cold-head and thus, the cooling performance is deteriorated by gas mixing due to secondary flow. In this study, a single stage GM-type pulse tube refrigerator is fabricated and tested. The cooing performance of the fabricated PTR is measured as varying cold-head orientation angle and the results are used as reference data. Then, we divided interior space of pulse tube into three segments, and fixed the various size of screen mesh at interface of each segment to suppress the performance degradation due to secondary flow. For various configuration of pulse tube, no-load test and heat load test are carried out with the fixed experimental condition of charging pressure, operating frequency and orifice valve turns. From experimental results, the fine screen mesh shows the effective suppression of performance degradation for the large orientation angle, but the use of screen mesh cause the loss of cooling capacity rather than the case of no insertion into pulse tube. It should be compromised whether the use of screen mesh in consideration of the installation limitation of a GM-type pulse tube refrigerator.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2003

The effect of CeO$_2$ coating on the surface nucleation of the top-seeded melt-growth processed YBCO superconductors was studied. It was effective that the coating of Y123 compact surfaces by CeO$_2$ powder suppressed the undesirable subsidiary YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-y}$ (Y123) nucleation during melt processing. BaCeO$_3$ was formed in the CeO$_2$-coated layers, which might cause a CuO-excessive liquid at the partial melt stage of $Y_2$BaCuO$_{5}$(Y211) plus liquid, and thus the Y123 nucleation at the YBCO compact surfaces could be suppressed during the melt growth of Y123 grain. In addition, the CeO$_2$ refined the Y211 particles near the compact / coating interface. While the levitation forces of the top surfaces with and without CeO$_2$ coating were similar to each other, the levitation force of the interior of the CeO$_2$ coated sample was higher than that of the interior of the sample without CeO$_2$ coating, which was attributed to the suppression of subsidiary Y123 nucleation at the compact walls.s.s.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.10-13
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 현재까지 연구된 HTSC와 다른 새로운 HTSC 물질군으로 제시된 LSMIO에 대한 합성 및 박막 성장과 물성 측정을 진행하였다. LSMIO는 기존의 HTSC 물질들과 비교하여 초전도처럼 보이는 현상의 기작이 상이한 것으로 예상되어 초전도 현상에 대한 이해의 폭을 넓히는데 도움이 될 것으로 기대되는 물질이다. 박막 성장을 위해 고상 합성법을 적용하여 La_0.7Sr_0.3Mn_1-xIr_xO₃ 세라믹 타겟을 합성하였으며, XRD 패턴 분석 결과 La_0.7Sr_0.3Mn_0.88Ir_0.12O₃ 샘플을 1200℃에서 2회 소결하는 것이 최적의 합성 조건임을 찾아내었다. 해당 조성의 LSMIO 세라믹 타겟을 사용하여 레이저 강도를 0.4 J/cm²에서 1.2 J/cm²까지 조절하며 PLD를 사용해 박막을 증착 하였다. 모든 LSMIO 박막은 동일한 단결정 LSAT 기판 위에 같은 두께로 성장하여 기판과 시료 두께에 의한 효과는 배제하였다. RHEED 패턴과 박막 XRD 측정 결과 성장된 박막들은 epitaxial하게 100 UC로 성장되었음을 확인할 수 있었으며, 각 박막들은 저항 측정 결과 모체 화합물인 LSMO와 비슷한 저항 특성을 보이며, 레이저 강도가 강할수록 Curie 온도가 낮아지는 결과가 나타났다. LSMIO와 LSMO가 유사한 전기적 특성을 가지는 것을 볼 때, Curie 온도의 하락은 박막의 Sr 치환 비율의 감소에 의한 것으로 사료된다. 본 연구에서는 HTSC의 후보군인 LSMO에 Ir을 치환하여 결정 및 전자 구조의 다양한 변화 시도하고 그 특성을 관찰하였다. LSMIO 페로브스카이트 시스템에서는 자기 양자불안정 (magnetic quantum instability) 상태 부근에서 강자성요동 (ferromagnetic fluctuation)에 의해 초전도가 발현될 수 있다고 보고되었지만, [5, 14] 본 연구에서 성장된 LSMIO 박막은 일반적인 강자성 특성을 보이며 초전도 현상은 관찰되지 않았다. 차후, 아직은 시작 단계인 LSMIO 소재에 관한 연구 저변을 확대하고 다양한 조성비의 박막을 성장하여 물리적 특성과 근원에 대한 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다. 비록 초전도는 발현되지 않았지만 manganite 페로브스카이트 시스템에서 전이금속 원소의 치환 및 세라믹 타겟 합성, 그리고 박막 성장과 특성 분석에 걸친 전과정에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. 이를 바탕으로 차후 다양한 HTSC 소재의 합성 및 박막화와 그 특성을 평가하는 연구에 대한 통찰을 제공하기를 기대한다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.390-390
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• 2010

Superconducting proximity effects of Nb/Si(111) were investigated with scanning tunneling microscopy(STM) and scanning tunneling spectroscopy(STS). A highly-doped($0.002\;{\omega}{\diamondsuit}cm$) Si wafer pieces were used as substrate and Nb source was thermally evaporated onto the atomically clean silicon substrate. The temperature of the silicon sample was held at $600^{\circ}C$ during the niobium deposition. And the sample was annealed at $600^{\circ}C$ for 30 minutes additionally. Volmer-Weber growth mode is preferred in Nb/Si(111) at the sample temperature of $600^{\circ}C$. With proper temperature and annealing time, we can obtain Nb islands of lateral size larger than Nb coherence length(~38nm). And outside of the islands, bare Si($7{\times}7$) reconstructed surface is exposed due to the Volmer-Weber Growth mode. STS measurement at 5.6K showed that Nb island have BCS-like superconducting gap of about 2mV around the Fermi level and the critical temperature is calculated to be as low as 6.1K, which is lower than that of bulk niobium, 9.5K. This reduced value of superconducting energy gap indicates suppression of superconductivity in nanostructures. Moreover, the superconducting state is extended out of the Nb island, over to bare Si surface, due to the superconducting proximity effect. Spatially-resolved scanning tunneling spectroscopy(SR-STS) data taken over the inside and outside of the niobium island shows gradually reduced superconducting gap.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.43-46
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• 2000

We report on the tunneling spectroscopy of tunnel junctions using d-wave superconductor in relation to Andreev reflection. The zero bias conductance peak (ZBCP) which has maximum on [110] direction of ab-plane is observed on metal $Au/YBa_2Cu_3O_y$ tunnel junctions while it is suppressed on the ferromagnetic $Co/Au/YBa_2Cu_3O_y$ tunnel junctions. The effects of Andreev reflection on the differential conductance of each junction are dependent on the tunnel direction. For the $Co/Au/YBa_2Cu_3O_y$ junction, the suppression of Andreev reflection takes place by spin-polarized quasiparticles tunneling from a ferromagnetic material to a d-wave superconductor. By comparing these experimental results with recent theoretical works on Andreev reflection, the existence of Andreev bound state due to the d-wave symmetry of the pair potential is verified in high-$T_c$ superconductor.

• 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국초전도학회 2000년도 High Temperature Superconductivity Vol.X
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• pp.141-144
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• 2000

We report on the influence of d-wave pairing symmetry in high-T$_c$ superconductor by tunneling spectroscopy. The zerobias conductance peak(ZBCP) which is produced by tunneling through the ab-plane is observed on both of metal Au/YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_y$(N/S) tunnel junctions and ferromagnet Co/Au/ YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_y$(F/N/S) tunnel junctions. The effects of Andreev reflection on the differential conductance of each junctions are dependent on the tunnel direction. For the S/N/F junction, it appears the suppression of the ZBCP due to the suppression of Andreev reflection at the interface between a ferromagnetic material and a d-wave superconductor. By comparing these experimental results with recent theoretical works on Andreev reflection, the existence of Andreev bound state is verified in high-T$_c$ superconductor, due to the d-wave symmetry of the pair potential.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2017

Cryogenic milling which is a combined process of low-temperature treatment and mechanical milling was applied to fabricate high critical current density $(J_c)MgB_2$ bulk superconductors. Liquid nitrogen was used as a coolant, and no solvent or lubricant was used. Spherical Mg ($6-12{\mu}m$, 99.9 % purity) and plate-like B powder (${\sim}1{\mu}m$, 97 % purity) were milled simultaneously for various time periods (0, 2, 4, 6 h) at a rotating speed of 500 rpm using $ZrO_2$ balls. The (Mg+2B) powders milled were pressed into pellets and heat-treated at $700^{\circ}C$ for 1 h in flowing argon. The use of cryomilled powders as raw materials promoted the formation reaction of superconducting $MgB_2$, reduced the grain size of $MgB_2$, and suppressed the formation of impurity MgO. The superconducting critical temperature ($T_c$) of $MgB_2$ was not influenced as the milling time (t) increased up to 6 h. Meanwhile, the critical current density ($J_c$) of $MgB_2$ increased significantly when t increased to 4 h. When t increased further to 6 h, however, $J_c$ decreased. The $J_c$ enhancement of $MgB_2$ by cryogenic milling is attributed to the formation of the fine grain $MgB_2$ and a suppression of the MgO formation.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.145-151
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• 2006

Nickel and nickel-tungsten alloy were electroplated on a cold rolled and heat treated copper(Cu) substrate. 4 mm-thick high purity commercial grade Cu was rolled to various thicknesses of 50, 70, 100 and 150 micron. High reduction ratio of 30% was applied down to 150 micron. Rolled texture was converted into cube texture via high temperature heat treatment at $400-800^{\circ}C$. Grain size of Cu was about 50 micron which is much smaller compared to >300 micron for the Cu prepared using smaller reduction pass of 5%. 1.5 km-long 150 micron Cu was fabricated with a rolling speed of 33 m/min and texture of Cu was uniform along length. Abnormal grain growth and non-cube texture appeared for the specimen anneal above $900^{\circ}C$. 1-10 micron thick Ni and Ni-W film was electroplated onto an annealed cube-textured Cu or directly on a cold rolled Cu. Both specimens were annealed and the degree of texture was measured. For electroplating of Ni on annealed Cu, Ni layer duplicated the cube-texture of Cu substrate and the FWHM of in plane XRD measurement for annealed Cu layer and electroplated layer was $9.9^{\circ}\;and\;13.4^{\irc}$, respectively. But the FWHM of in plane XRD measurement of the specimen which electroplated Ni directly on cold rolled Cu was $8.6^{\circ}$, which is better texture than that of nickel electroplated on annealed Cu and it might be caused by the suppression of secondary recrystallization and abnormal grain growth of Cu at high temperature above $900^{\circ}C$ by electroplated nickel.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.92-96
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• 2005

YBCO thin films on metal substrates were prepared by the metal-organic deposition using trifluoroacetates (TFA-MOD). To compensate the loss of Ba element from the precursor films due to the reaction with $CeO_2$ cap layer, we have employed Ba-excessive precursor solutions of $YBa_{2+x}Cu_{3}O_{7-{\delta}}$ ($0{\le}x{\le}0.1$). The precursor solutions were dip-coated on the metal substrates with $CeO_2$ cap layer, initially heated up to $400^{\circ}C$, and finally fired at the various high temperatures for 2 h in a reduced oxygen atmosphere. With this approach, YBCO films possessing critical temperature over 85 K could be successfully prepared on the metal substrates. The highest $T_{c,zero}$ value of 86 K was obtained from the Ba-excessive YBCO film of x=0.005 in $YBa_{2+x}Cu_{3}O_{7-{\delta}}$ fired at $750^{\circ}C$ for 2 h. However, unexpected $T_c$ suppression even in Ba-excessive YBCO samples requires further identification.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.324-330
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• 1996

We examined the formal oxidation states of Pb and Cu in the Pb2CuO4 slab of Pb2Sr2ACu3O8(A=Y1-xCaxor Nd1-xSrx) and their possible changes by oxygen incorporation in the Cu layer of the slab by performing tight-binding band electronic structure calculations on the Pb2CuO4+δ slab. Our results show that the most likely oxidation state of Pb is +2 and that of Cu is +1 for the Pb2CuO4 slab prior to oxidation. With small δ values, the oxygen incorporation occurs by the formation of such chain fragments as in YBa2Cu3O7-y along the a+b axis. The four-coordinate Cu atoms in the chain fragments are in the +3 oxidation states. For values of δ larger than 0.5, however, an additional oxygen (Oad) goes to the site along the b axis to form short Pb-Oad distances oxidizing Pb2+ to Pb4+. This change in the Pb oxidation state leads to the suppression of superconductivity due to the decrease of holes in the CuO2 layer.